Brahmanda Purana — Anushanga Pada, Shloka 86

Mauneya Devagandharva–Apsaras Vamsha-Kirtana

Catalogue of Mauneya Gandharvas and Apsarases

Devanagari script

सर्वाङ्गकेशापाशा च कन्या जन्तुधना तु या / यातुधानप्रसूता सा कन्या चैव महारवा

Transliteration

sarvāṅgakeśāpāśā ca kanyā jantudhanā tu yā / yātudhānaprasūtā sā kanyā caiva mahāravā

Translation

The maiden Jantudhanā is ensnared all over with nets of hair; born of the yātudhānas, she is a girl of mighty wailing.

Word by Word

• sarvāṅga-keśa-apāśā: having hair-entanglements over the whole body
• sarvāṅga-keśa-apāśā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + aṅga + keśa + apāśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying kanyā; ‘with hair as noose/entanglement over all limbs’ (interpretive)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kanyā: girl/maiden
• kanyā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• jantudhanā: Jantudhanā
• jantudhanā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu + dhanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; name

• tu: but/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात)

• yā: who
• yā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; relative pronoun

• yātudhāna-prasūtā: born of a demon (yātudhāna)
• yātudhāna-prasūtā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yātudhāna + prasūtā (कृदन्त; pra-√sū धातु)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; past passive participle (क्त) ‘born from’; ‘born of a yātudhāna (demon)’

• sā: she
• sā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• kanyā: girl
• kanyā: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• mahā-ravā: loud-crying; with a great roar
• mahā-ravā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + ravā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘great-crying/loud-voiced’